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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Sajan Prakash. Sajan Prakash has become the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Sajan achieved the feat as he clocked 1 minute 56.38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sajan Prakash will always be remembered as the first Indian swimmer to win a direct qualification to the Olympics. At the 2021 Sette Colli trophy in Rome, Sajan Prakash clocked 1:56.38 seconds - a new national record - in the men’s 200m butterfly event.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Indian Female Swimmer in Olympics Maana Patel has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics as the first Indian female swimmer. On July 2, 2021, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) confirmed that she has qualified for the prestigious event through the universality quota.

Detailed explanation-4: -India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard winning two medals – both silver – in athletics and became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.